Our Vision, Mission and Values
Our Vision
A world where every parent and baby build emotionally connected relationships with each other, nurturing lifelong health and wellbeing.
Our Mission
To foster strong, nurturing early relationships between parents and their babies, transforming family trajectories and creating lasting intergenerational change.
We do this through accessible, specialised parent and infant mental health (PIMH) programs, compassionate and expert practitioners and advocacy regarding PIMH to ensure vulnerable families are not alone in their joys and suffering.
Our Values
Dedication
Dedication, passion, and commitment to the emotional wellbeing of babies, very young children and their families.
Excellence
Highest standard of excellence in our work through using an evidence-based and reflective practice framework to:
- Nurture and support trainees and early career team
- Create opportunities for leadership and innovation for all team members and trainees
Respect
Centrality of healthy positive relationships, including:
- Authentic Collaboration
- Respectfulness
- Inclusiveness, Culture & Diversity
Collaboration
Building long term partnerships with families and with those committed to supporting families during pregnancy and the first three years of life.
Innovation
Implementing evidence based and ground breaking interventions that are grounded in research and valued by families.
Our History
Pregnancy to Parenthood (P2P) commenced operating in 2014 within the Edith Cowan University Psychological Services Centre. Across the next seven years the service grew rapidly in providing essential training and clinical hours for Psychology students at ECU as well as supporting vulnerable families in the surrounding communities.
At the end of 2021, P2P began the process of transitioning to a not-for-profit organisation to ensure the long-term sustainability of the service and an opportunity to scale up operations to meet the growing demand for early intervention services across Western Australia.
Since its inception P2P has established a successful framework of preventative mental health care interventions and a specialised parent and infant mental health training model. We continue to build upon this base to improve education, health and social outcomes for families.
